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How British Theatre Censorship Laws Have Inadvertently Created A Rich Archive Of Black History

Kate Dossett aesthetics, art, art, freedom, history, isrf, isrf fellows, isrf fellows, the conversation 17 January 2023

Britain’s historical licensing of plays by Black theatre-makers has inadvertently produced an extensive historical archive of surveillance and censorship.

Will the Post-War Rebirth of the West Revive Democracy?

Gábor Scheiring bulletin, capitalism, civil war, economics, geopolitics, history, isrf fellows, neoliberalism, political economy, politics, politics, violence, war 29 March 2022

Putin’s war has rekindled the civilisational clash between democracy and authoritarianism. However, a fundamental contradiction lies at the heart of Western foreign policy: economic liberalism undermines democracy promotion.

Tools in the Search for Human Remains: Thinking Through Objects in Forensic Practices

Layla Renshaw, Marina Álamo Bryan, Zuzanna Dziuban and Claire Moon history, materiality, objects, violence 13 May 2020

The work of locating, recovering and identifying the remains of the dead is both a social act and technical challenge. Different tools are mobilised at each stage in this process, mediating between the living and the dead, and between layperson and scientist.

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How British Theatre Censorship Laws Have Inadvertently Created A Rich Archive Of Black History

Will the Post-War Rebirth of the West Revive Democracy?

Tools in the Search for Human Remains: Thinking Through Objects in Forensic Practices

How British Theatre Censorship Laws Have Inadvertently Created A Rich Archive Of Black History

Workshop Announcement: Richard Wollheim’s “The Good Self and the Bad Self”

First Book Grant & Independent Scholar Fellowship Competitions – Awards Announcement

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